景德傳燈錄 30.3

30.3

觀心空王玄妙難測。無形無相有大神力。能滅千災成就萬德。體性雖空能施法則。觀之無形呼之有聲。為大法將心戒傳經。水中鹽味色裏膠清。決定是有不見其形。心王亦爾。身內居停面門出入。應物隨情自在無礙。所作皆成。了本識心識心見佛。是心是佛是佛是心。念念佛心佛心念佛。欲得早成戒心自律。淨律淨心心即是佛。除此心王更無別佛。欲求成佛莫染一物。心性雖空貪瞋體實。入此法門端坐成佛。到彼岸已得波羅蜜。慕道真士自觀自心。知佛在內不向外尋。即心即佛即佛即心。心明識佛曉了識心。離心非佛離佛非心。非佛莫測無所堪任。執空滯寂於此漂沈。諸佛菩薩非此安心。明心大士悟此玄音。身心性妙用無更改。是故智者放心自在。莫言心王空無體性。能使色身作邪作正。非有非無隱顯不定。心性離空能凡能聖。是故相勸好自防慎剎邦造作還復漂沈。清淨心智如世黃金。般若法藏並在身心。無為法寶非淺非深。諸佛菩薩了此本心。有緣遇者非去來今。

Contemplating the empty Mind King: profound, wondrous, and difficult to fathom. / Devoid of form and devoid of marks, it possesses great spiritual power. / Capable of extinguishing a thousand calamities and accomplishing myriad virtues, / Though its substance and nature are empty, it can dispense Dharma and rules. / Look at it, it has no form; call to it, it has a voice. / Serving as the great general of the Dharma, the mind-precept transmits the sutras. / Like the flavor of salt in water, or clear glue in color, / It is definitely there, though its form cannot be seen. / The Mind King is also like this: / Residing inside the body, entering and exiting through the facial gates. / Responding to things according to circumstances, sovereign and without hindrance, / All that it undertakes is accomplished. / Comprehending the original, know the mind; knowing the mind, see the Buddha. / This mind is the Buddha; the Buddha is this mind. / Thought after thought is the Buddha-mind; the Buddha-mind is mindful of the Buddha. / If you wish to achieve it quickly, discipline your mind with precepts and self-restraint. / Pure precepts are the pure mind; the mind itself is the Buddha. / Aside from this Mind King, there is no other Buddha. / If you seek to become a Buddha, do not be tainted by a single thing. / Though the mind-nature is empty, greed and anger are real in substance. / Entering this dharma-gate, sit upright and become a Buddha; / Having reached the other shore, one attains pāramitā. / True practitioners who aspire to the Way, observe your own minds: / Know that the Buddha is within, and do not seek outside. / Mind itself is Buddha; Buddha itself is mind. / When the mind is bright, it recognizes the Buddha; when one is fully awakened, one knows the mind. / Apart from mind, there is no Buddha; apart from Buddha, there is no mind. / If not for the Buddha, it cannot be fathomed; there is nothing it cannot bear. / Grasping emptiness and clinging to stillness, one drifts and sinks here. / The Buddhas and bodhisattvas do not settle their minds in this. / Great beings of illuminated mind awaken to this profound sound. / The nature of body and mind is wondrous, its functioning without alteration. / Therefore the wise give free rein to the mind in sovereignty. / Do not say the Mind King is empty and devoid of substantial nature; / It can cause the physical body to act evilly or act uprightly. / Neither existent nor non-existent, its hiddenness and manifestation are not fixed. / The mind-nature is free from emptiness; it can be common and it can be holy. / Therefore I urge you: take good care to be cautious and guard yourself, / For creating [karma] in kṣetras will cause you to drift and sink again. / The pure wisdom of mind is like worldly gold; / The treasury of prajñā-dharma is all within body and mind. / The unconditioned Dharma-jewel is neither shallow nor deep. / The Buddhas and bodhisattvas comprehended this original mind; / Those with conditions who encounter it belong not to past, present, or future.